Bill Text: TX SB2017 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the countywide polling place program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-21 - Referred to State Affairs [SB2017 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB2017-Introduced.html
| 86R12971 GRM-D | ||
| By: Bettencourt | S.B. No. 2017 | |
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| relating to the countywide polling place program. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 43.007, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsections (o) and (p) to read as follows: | ||
| (o) Each countywide polling place must post a notice of the | ||
| four nearest countywide polling place locations by driving | ||
| distance. | ||
| (p) If a court orders any countywide polling place to remain | ||
| open after 7 p.m., all countywide polling places shall remain open | ||
| for the length of time required in the court order. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
